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Monday, May 07, 2012

Game Five-- Washington Capitals at New York Rangers -- May 7, 2012

When Dale Hunter taps Alexander Ovechkin on the shoulder, the well rested captain seemingly makes the best of his recently diminished ice time.

While not happy about his lack of time on the ice, Ovechkin is quickly finding ways to make the Rangers wish that Hunter would give his captain a bag skate.

Ovechkin provided for the winning goal on Saturday, spurring the Caps to a 3 to 2 victory and bringing this series to a 2 all tie, with the prospect of it all going to a game 7 looking better and better with each game.

Miscues proved to be the undoing of the Rangers in game four, it was a turnover by the Rangers that sent Ovechkin off to the races, a goal which would seem to have put the side of momentum on the Capitals for the moment, though momentum swings in this series are more frequent than an Ovechkin line change.

Still to be decided it seems is whether Ovechkin will have more time on his hands for game 5, there is some thought that he should be suspended for his hit on Dan Girardi, a hit depending on who you are listening to was either a shoulder hit, headshot or just a plain accident.

Regardless, there has been no word from the league office heading into Monday morning, for the Rangers the best possible word of the day won't be a discussion of how little ice time Ovechkin gets, but rather that he will have No ice time for Game 5.